That city police are cooperating in efforts to eliminate double parking in the business district street is shown in the reports that at least eight motorists have been fined recently for parking in the regular parking lanes.

Others have been tagged during the campaign, but the records do not disclose how many because of no time left before appearance to pay a fine or receive a hearing. Members of the department have been instructed by Chief John G. Good to halt double parking and if necessary issue tags. Insufficient number of men to adequately cover all the streets in the business district has made it impossible to put a tight clamp on the practice.

Under a new plan being set in motion, the patrolmen instead of remaining at a special corner, will walk through the district in effort to halt violations on some of the side streets or in some of the sections just out of the immediate business area.

Complete elimination of double-parking, however, will require the complete cooperation of motorists, police point out. The driver must be willing to walk a half a block instead of taking the lazy method of double parking, thus causing unnecessary delay in traffic.

One section that remains a sore spot in the campaign is West Third Street between Government and West Streets, where large trucks double park on both sides of the street. Truckers too are being warned that they must cut short their stops and that they do not have the privilege of stopping in traffic to do errands.

A large truck parked in the west bound lane on West Fourth Street, just east of Hepburn Street, caused considerable delay around 3:45 p.m. and a motorist was discourteous on William Street, just south of Fourth Street, about the same time, leaving his car in the traffic lane, forcing other drivers to wait until approaching traffic was cleared.

Compiled by Lou Hunsinger Jr.